Just a quick hello to August!  I've started to give Christmas a real thought and this is one of my cards for this year.  It took a lot of time, but in the end it was worth every minute.  Thank you to Creative Grove for the inspiration and the online class to show you how to do this technique.  Blending and sponging at the same time is new to me and since I'm not great at sponging it took some time to get the nerve up to do this!  Very happy with the results and giving myself a big pat on the back!217